A homeless Chicago woman who has been arrested 396 times in the past
35 years has been ordered by a judge to get mental health and substance
abuse treatment.
Shermain Miles,
51, appeared in a Cook County court on Monday, accused of attacking a
city alderman. She pleaded guilty to trespassing and public drinking in
separate cases.
Judge Peggy Chiampas sentenced Miles to time served after she
agreed to undergo a mental health evaluation and get follow-up
treatment, The Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Miles has been held at the Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln, 65
miles west of Champaign, since December for violating parole.
"All
of us are reaching out to you and offering you, maybe for the first
time in your life, a hand, OK?"
Chiampas told Miles. "But you've got to
reach out and grab all of our hands as well."
Miles, who has dozens of convictions for felonies and misdemeanors, thanked the judge for her help.
Miles
has been arrested 65 times for disorderly conduct and has used at least
83 different aliases.
She's well known among merchants and residents in
several North Side neighborhoods, including one florist who called
police about her 25 times last summer.
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